May 1st demo: Attack after right-wing extremists marched on - four people in the hospital
Created: 05/01/2022Updated: 05/01/2022 10:03 PM
By: Katarina Amtmann
Demos took place across Germany on May 1st.
Some participants let their frustration run wild.
Berlin's Mayor Franziska Giffey becomes the target.
The news ticker.
Egg attack: Berlin's Mayor Giffey was thrown an egg during a speech.
May 1st in Berlin: Attack on the police at a demo in Kreuzberg
Seriously injured in Crimmitschau: After a right-wing extremist march, four people are beaten and hospitalized.
Connewitz district of Leipzig
: Violent demonstrators set fire to barricades on the night of May 1st.
This May Day demonstrations ticker is updated regularly.
Update from May 1st, 9:45 p.m .:
According to the police, four people from the right-wing camp were injured, some seriously, on their way back in the riots surrounding a right-wing extremist march in Zwickau.
According to a spokesman for the federal police, they got out at around 5:30 p.m. at the train station in Crimmitschau and were attacked with striking tools in an underpass.
Bloodstains could still be seen at the train station in the evening.
Forces secured tracks.
The attacked persons were responsive, but suffered hand and head injuries.
All four were taken to hospitals.
Based on witness statements, the federal police are looking for six to ten suspects from the left-wing camp, one of whom is said to be a woman.
A police helicopter was also in action at the time.
Update from May 1, 8:32 p.m .:
At the “Revolutionary May Day Demonstration” in Berlin, according to police information, the police first intervened after attacks on them.
"There were coercive measures (pushing & pressing) and the use of tear gas after attacks by Pyro, punches and kicks in the direction of the police forces from parts of the demo," writes the police via Twitter.
Participants in the "Revolutionary May Day Demonstration" march through Berlin.
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May 1st: Demonstrations in Hamburg and Berlin
Update from May 1, 8:10 p.m.:
While 2,000 demonstrators marched through Hamburg’s HafenCity under the motto “We can no longer afford the rich”, according to the police in Berlin, at least 3,000 people came together for the “Revolutionary May Day” demonstration Left and radical left groups had called.
At the Kottbusser Tor in Kreuzberg, the windows of a future police station planned there, which the left-wing scene rejects, were protected with chipboard panels and bars.
So far, however, several protests and demonstrations in the capital have been mostly peaceful: around 10,000 cyclists, for example, drove through the affluent Grunewald in the west of the city, demonstrating for the redistribution of wealth.
The satirical demonstration was held under the motto "Cripple Grunewald even more".
A poster read "Fair rent instead of profits".
Update from May 1, 7.47 p.m .:
The demo in Berlin-Kreuzberg has now started moving along Sonnenallee.
According to the police, 14,000 people are taking part in the march.
The
Berliner Zeitung
also reports on a black block and on the first pyrotechnics and bengalos being ignited in them.
In addition, there are also anti-Semitic chants.
Update from May 1st, 7.30 p.m .:
According to the German Federation of Trade Unions, around 21,000 people took part in a total of 33 events in Hesse.
In Frankfurt alone, the police counted around 3,000 people at a demonstration and a subsequent rally on the Römerberg.
May 1st demo in Berlin: Police with a large contingent on site
Update from May 1, 6:33 p.m .:
In Berlin, the police are preparing for the start of the autonomous demo at Hertzbergplatz.
The
Berliner Zeitung
reports on police officers in large numbers and in full operational gear.
A helicopter is also in use and is supposed to provide overview shots.
Up to 20,000 participants are expected at the demo in Neukölln.
Update from May 1, 3:31 p.m .:
Berlin’s governing mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) was insulted at the May rally of the German Federation of Trade Unions on Sunday and pelted with an egg.
However, the SPD politician missed the egg, said spokeswomen for the Senate and the DGB on request.
A dpa
reporter
on site reported that Giffey had to temporarily interrupt her speech because of the protests.
The crowd loudly demanded that the Berlin referendum on the expropriation of housing companies be implemented.
Berlin's Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) was thrown at the May Day rally with an egg.
© TOBIAS SCHWARZ/afp
In her speech, Giffey thanked everyone who continued to work under difficult conditions during the Corona crisis, according to the Senate Chancellery.
It is thanks to them that the country came through the crisis well.
Good work deserves fair pay and good working conditions.
The Berlin Senate is doing its part by increasing the state minimum wage to 13 euros.
May Day demonstrations: clash between police and demonstrators in Dortmund
Update from May 1, 3:12 p.m .:
The Dortmund police used pepper spray and batons against demonstrators from the autonomous scene.
The people attacked police officers and tried to break through a barrier, said a police spokeswoman.
A spokeswoman for "Autonomous Antifa 170" complained about police violence: Several participants were injured.
The police spokeswoman said there was no information about injuries.
The demonstrators wanted to protest against a march of about 220 right-wing extremists.
At the time of the collision with the police, this march had not even started, said the police spokeswoman.
Before the start of their march, the police instructed the right-wing extremists to roll up numerous flags.
According to the police, public gatherings that convey a willingness to use violence through paramilitary behavior are prohibited.
May Day demonstrations: right-wing extremists attack counter-demonstrators
Update from May 1, 1:09 p.m .:
When arriving at a right-wing march in Zwickau, according to police information, rights attacked counter-demonstrators.
At Glauchau station, they threw stones at a train in which demonstrators from the left camp were sitting, as a police spokesman said on Sunday afternoon.
These were on their way to counter-protests in Zwickau.
A spokesman said 41 rights had been set.
A 28-year-old counter-demonstrator was reportedly slightly injured.
There had already been clashes at the train station in Chemnitz.
There, 50 right-wing demonstrators from the train were referred to Zwickau.
The police initially did not provide any further information.
The right-wing extremist splinter party The Third Way had mobilized for a lift on Sunday in Zwickau.
The party has been promoting the demonstration nationwide for months, so more than 500 participants are expected - including from southern Germany and Thuringia, police chief Lutz Rodig said recently.
There are indications that there could also be many violent people among the demonstrators in Zwickau.
At the same time, a broad counter-protest is planned in the city.
May Day demonstrations: Police vehicles damaged in the Connewitz district of Leipzig
Update from May 1, 9:01 a.m .:
Violent demonstrators set up a barricade in the Connewitz district of Leipzig on the night of May 1 and set it on fire.
According to the police, emergency services and the fire brigade were deployed and extinguished the fire.
A police spokeswoman said late on Saturday evening that three police vehicles had been damaged and at least one building had been contaminated by bitumen.
After that the situation calmed down.
An eyewitness reported that those involved threw cobblestones and bottles filled with tar at new buildings.
Glass containers were also overturned.
A barricade burns on the night of May 1, 2022 on a street in the Leipzig-Connewitz district.
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May Day demonstrations: protests the day before
First report from May 1st, 6:33 a.m.:
Berlin – The day before May 1st, thousands of people demonstrated and celebrated in Berlin.
According to the police, the protests were mostly quiet.
At a demonstration by feminists in Prenzlauer Berg, however, the atmosphere was heated on Saturday evening.
Paint bags flew, discs were thrown in, pyrotechnics ignited.
The police stopped the protest march several times.
According to a police spokeswoman, there were attacks on emergency services.
There have been isolated arrests, the spokeswoman said.
May 1st: Demonstrations in Berlin at the weekend
According to the spokeswoman, around 1,600 police officers were on duty in the city on Saturday.
According to Interior Senator Iris Spranger (SPD), there were up to 6,000 throughout the weekend - including from the federal police and other federal states.
It is expected that left-wing autonomists will erupt in violence on May 1, as has been the case in previous decades.
On Sunday there will be a whole series of demonstrations in Berlin: from the main rally of the German trade union federation on Labor Day at noon to motorbike or bicycle parades to protests against corona measures.
The police paid special attention to the demonstration by left-wing and radical left-wing groups entitled “Revolutionary May Day” on Sunday evening in Neukölln.
5,000 to 20,000 participants and possible outbreaks of violence are expected.
A total of up to 50,000 participants are expected at demonstrations and folk festivals over the weekend.
May 1: Demonstration with up to 20,000 participants in Berlin - violence likely
"Of course we know that violence can and will most likely occur," said Interior Senator Spranger to RBB.
The police are following the strategy of the outstretched hand, but "of course intervene massively if there are riots."
(kam/dpa)